Rodeo Horse

Mustang Mountain #5

by Sharon Siamon

A story of adventure and self-discovery.

Each book in the Mustang Mountain series is a thrilling read filled with stories of friendship, adventure and intrigue.

When Alison's parents split up, her mother announces that they will move, with her cousin Becky, to a small town in Alberta. Alison is mortified at the thought of abandoning the glamour of New York until she meets Sara, a barrel-racing champion, who is trying to save her ranch from financial ruin. As Alison basks in her newly discovered rodeo talents, Becky struggles to train the wild horse Shadow and find out more about Sara's mysterious brother, Sam. With the Calgary Stampede fast approaching, they are all anxious to take part, but an accident threatens their plans. But was it really an accident? Together they must overcome their differences to find out the truth.

Genres: Horses

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2003

Reviews

[Clare O'Beara · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's a trio of pals who are being split up for a few months, two of them being cousins. One girl is from New York and the other two are more into ranches and horses. At this point various adventures have left them with a mustang mare, Shadow, not broken yet, and they are in Canada but not at Mustang Mountain ranch, learning barrel racing with another two young people they meet. I enjoyed the horse scenes and some of the girls' changes in personality were funny, as they gain new interests and grow up a bit more by taking responsibility.

I picked this book up without having read earlier instalments, and there's a lot of backstory to deliver at the start, not to mention I kept getting the girls mixed up until about halfway. If you have read the other books you will doubtless love the tale.

This is an unbiased review.

[Connie Cantle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was truly amazing. It connects with the characters and horses. I couldn't put the book down and wanted to keep turning the page. There was never a boring bit.

The ending was amazing but there is always one character that you wish had a little more time and wasn't so selfish. Then again, there is always a character you can relate to and feel sorry for just like I did with Becky. The surroundings, emotions, horses were all perfect and nothing was out of place. The one question I can ask is 'what if?'

I recommend this book to people over 10 and horse lovers :)

[Twyla · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite pay was when Allison learned to barrel race.the worst part was when Sara feel off of her horse.the best character was Sara.the worst character was Jake Grady.Auryn 9 years old